{"product_id":"false-bingo-stories-paperback","title":"False Bingo: Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJac Jemc\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCombines the otherworldliness of Jeff VanderMeer's \"Annihilation,\" the menacing irony of Shirley Jackson and the cold feminist fury of Margaret Atwood --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNamed a Fall Read by \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe \u003c\/i\u003eand the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe mundane becomes sinister in a disquieting story collection from the author of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Grip of It\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn Jac Jemc's dislocating second story collection, \u003ci\u003eFalse Bingo\u003c\/i\u003e, we watch as sinister forces--some supernatural, some of this earth, some real and some not--work their ways into the mundanity of everyday life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \"Strange Loop,\" an outcast attempting to escape an unnamed mistake spends his days taxiderming animals, while in \"Delivery,\" a family watches as their dementia-addled, basement-dwelling father succumbs to an online shopping addiction. \"Don't Let's\" finds a woman, recently freed from an abusive relationship, living in an isolated vacation home in the South that might be haunted by breath-stealing ghosts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFueled by paranoia and visceral suspense, and crafted with masterful restraint, these seventeen stories explore what happens when our fears cross over into the real, if only for a fleeting moment. Identities are stolen, alternate universes are revealed, and innocence is lost as the consequences of minor, seemingly harmless decisions erupt to sabotage a false sense of stability. \"This is not a morality tale about the goodness of one character triumphing over the bad of another,\" the sadistic narrator of \"Pastoral\" announces. Rather, \u003ci\u003eFalse Bingo\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of realist fables exploring how conflicting moralities can coexist: the good, the bad, the indecipherable.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJac Jemc\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eMy Only Wife\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the PEN\/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction and winner of the Paula Anderson Book Award; the short-story collection \u003ci\u003eA Different Bed Every Time;\u003c\/i\u003e and the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Grip of It, \u003c\/i\u003e named a finalist for the Chicago Review of Books Award for Fiction and a recommended read by \u003ci\u003eNYLON, W, Marie Claire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly.\u003c\/i\u003e She teaches at Northeastern Illinois University and StoryStudio Chicago, as well as online at Writers \u0026amp; Books and the Loft Literary Center, and she is the web nonfiction editor for \u003ci\u003eHobart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.4 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755623285024,"sku":"9780374538354","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8c1cf4af9b4dba7337ab570ff33e2d31.webp?v=1780063890","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/false-bingo-stories-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}